# Massachusetts H 4744: An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness

Massachusetts H 4744, An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy; status second reading, last action 2026-02-26 (New draft substituted, see H5151); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts H 4744
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness
- Status: second reading
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-11-13
- Last action: 2026-02-26, New draft substituted, see H5151
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
- Cosponsors: 40
- Subjects: Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy, House Ways and Means, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (25 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy
- Cosponsor: Adrianne Pusateri Ramos (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Bradley H. Jones Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce E. Tarr (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Bud L. Williams (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Carlos González (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christopher Hendricks (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Chynah Tyler (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Daniel Cahill (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Danielle W. Gregoire (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David Allen Robertson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: David M. Rogers (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Dennis C. Gallagher (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Estela A. Reyes (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Frank A. Moran (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jack Patrick Lewis (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jeffrey N. Roy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: John R. Gaskey (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kathleen R. LaNatra (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kenneth P. Sweezey (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kevin G. Honan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lindsay N. Sabadosa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Field (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark D. Sylvia (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark J. Cusack (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Michelle L. Badger (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Collins (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Orlando Ramos (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patricia A. Duffy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patrick Joseph Kearney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Paul McMurtry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Priscila S. Sousa (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Samantha Montaño (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sean Reid (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Shirley B. Arriaga (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven George Xiarhos (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Owens (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Ultrino (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tackey Chan (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vanna Howard (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: William C. Galvin (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-24 | committee | Committee Favorable with Amendment: H.4744 “An Act relative to energy affordability, clean power and economic competitiveness” as amended | pass | 18 | 0 | 10 |
| 2025-11-12 | committee | Committee Redraft: Favorable Report of H3469 Redrafted to House of Representatives | pass | 7 | 0 | 4 |

## Actions (9)

- 2026-02-26: New draft substituted, see H5151 (House)
- 2026-02-26: Read second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means) (House)
- 2026-02-26: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-02-26: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending (House)
- 2026-02-26: Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5151 (House)
- 2025-11-13: Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-11-13: New draft of H3459, H3469, H3475, H3493, H3520, H3521, H3534, H3542, H3549, H3552, H3555 and H3556 (House)
- 2025-11-13: Reported from the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy (House)

## Bill text

- As Filed: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4744.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [As Filed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4744.pdf)

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